Amber Tysiak (; born 26 January 2000) is a Belgian professional

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who plays as a defender for

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club

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and the Belgium national team.

Early life

Tysiak was born in

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and is of Italian and Polish descent. She started playing football around the age of 5, with the boys at KFC Helson (Helchteren).

Club career

After playing four seasons with

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, Tysiak transferred to

Oud-Heverlee Leuven Oud-Heverlee Leuven (), also called OH Leuven or OHL, is a Belgian professional football club from the city of Leuven. It was created in 2002 from the merger of three clubs, '' F.C. Zwarte Duivels Oud-Heverlee'', whose registration number it i ...

in April 2020. Tysiak finished runner-up in the

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three seasons in a row with OH Leuven, in 2020-21, 2021–22 and 2022-23. In January 2023, Tysiak joined English

club

International career

Tysiak first got called up for a Belgium U16 international match on 28 November 2015 for a friendly game against Germany. She subsequently became a regular at youth games and captained the U19 squad during the 2019 U19 Euros in Scotland, where Belgium went out in the group stage. Tysiak made her debut for the Belgium national team on 18 February 2021, in a 6–1 friendly defeat by the

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. At the start of 2022, Tysiak helped Belgium win the

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in Spain for the first time, beating

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on penalties in the final after a 0-0 draw. She scored her first goal, and her first hat-trick, for the senior national team on 25 November 2021, during a 19–0 record win against Armenia as part of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification campaign. Tysiak was named in the Belgium squad for

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in England, where the Red Flames were beaten in the quarter-finals 1-0 by

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. She went on to contribute to Belgium's successful qualification for

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via the play-offs, starting both legs of the play-off final against

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. On 11 June 2025, Tysiak was called up to the Belgium squad for the

Personal life

Tysiak has a bachelor’s degree in secondary education teaching. Originally she combined football with a job as a teacher. At the start of the 2022/23 season she put her job on hold and plays full-time at OH Leuven and the national team. She has a brother who is three years her senior.

Honours

Belgium *

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Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Belgium's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Tysiak goal.''

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tysiak, Amber 2000 births Living people Belgian people of Polish descent Belgian people of Italian descent Belgian women's footballers Women's association football defenders KRC Genk Ladies players Oud-Heverlee Leuven (women) players West Ham United F.C. Women players Super League Vrouwenvoetbal players Women's Super League players Belgium women's youth international footballers Belgium women's international footballers UEFA Women's Euro 2022 players UEFA Women's Euro 2025 players Belgian expatriate women's footballers Belgian expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate women's footballers in England 21st-century Belgian sportswomen